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Meridian arc

In geodesy and navigation, a meridian arc is the curve between two points near the Earth's surface having the same longitude. The term may refer either to a segment of the meridian, or to its length.

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Measurement

19th century

Calculation

Quarter meridian

The inverse meridian problem for the ellipsoid

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Meridian arc

Nodes171
Edges170
Triples31
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011696
Components1

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Meridian arc

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related to 19th century · 9
Meridian arc → Airy, Bessel, Clarke, Earth, Earth's, Everest, In, Plessis, The
measured by · 6
Meridian arc → Accurate, Earth, Measurements, One, The, WGS
related to Calculation · 3
Meridian arc → Earth's, For, On
is a · 1
Meridian arc → curve between two points near the Earth's surface having the same longitude
related to External links · 1
Meridian arc → Online

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Meridian arcis acurve between two points near the Earth's surface having the same longitude0.90text
WGS 84instance ofespecially the geocentric ellipsoids now used for global coordinate systems0.80text
Plessis 1817instance ofThe analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids0.80text
Airy 1830instance ofThe analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids0.80text
Bessel 1841instance ofThe analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids0.80text
Everest 1830instance ofThe analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids0.80text
and Clarke 1866instance ofThe analyses resulted in a great many model ellipsoids0.80text
Mathematicainstance ofThese functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs0.80text
Maxima.Series expansionsThe above integral may be expressed as an infinite truncated series by expanding the integrand in a Taylor seriesinstance ofThese functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs0.80text
performing the resulting integrals term by terminstance ofThese functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs0.80text
and expressing the result as a trigonometric seriesinstance ofThese functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs0.80text
Maximainstance ofThese functions are also implemented in computer algebra programs0.80text

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